Haunted

nineteen

It turns out that my mother came in barging into my room, telling that she just met the first owner of this house.

"Nagkita kami ulit ng pinagbilhan namin ng bahay na to."

Ibig sbaihin yung parents ni Rhian??

"Really?"

"Oo nga.. Ayun nagkamustahan kami. Ang saya nila kausap, lalo na yung anak nila."

Si Nadine..

"Nakalimutan ko yung pangalan pero ang ganda niya. Nakakahiya pa nga kasi natanong ko kung isa lang ba anak nila, bigla silang natahimik.. Yun pala wala na yung isa."

Yeah mom.. And the thing is, I am seeing her..

"Nagsorry agad ako sa kanila.. Hindi ko na tinanong kung bakit.. Kasi sobrang nahiya na talaga ako kaya nagpaalam na ko."

Hindi rin naman nila sasabihin sayo mommy..

Speaking of Rhian's family, kailangan ko atang makausap ulit si Nadine.. Sabi naman niya sakin before bumalik lang ako anytime.. Baka may makuha na kong mas malalim na informations about Rhian..

"Anak, Glai.. You look distracted.."

I was almost kissed by the dead girl you're talking about.. And I can't still find a firm reason of her death..

"Nope, I'm okay."

"Oh, okay.. Motherly worrying." She kisses me on my cheeks. "Im going to start on dinner okay.. Bumaba ka pag nagugutom ka na."

"Thank you mom." I say, and she went out of my room.

I begin to think about what I've heard at the library earlier. Why was Denise threatening Benjamin? Akala ko ba close sila.. And what does her father do? I know they're families are business partners.. That's all.

I grab my laptop and sit on my bed. Susubukan kong alamin kung anong meron sa pamilya ni Denise.

I start to type her name on Google

Results pop up shortly. The first link is like her Facebook page. So I click on it.

Siya nga. Yung profile picture niya mukhang nasa beach tapos nakatingin siya sa malayo.

I scroll down on her page and saw some statuses about our school's activities.

Then I saw one status update 3 months ago..

"Excited for tomorrow's victory party!" And it was tagged with Sace, Keith, Coco, other officers I guess and Rhian.

Last June 14..

Pinuntahan ko yung profile ni Rhian. And her last update was this "Thank you for every student who trusted me and putting me in the presidency, I promise that I won't let you down. I'll always be there for every Montgomerian."

Dama ko yung saya niya noong araw na yun, pero bigla nalang nawala lahat dahil sa nangyari sa kanya..

I tried to look at anyone's profile para tignan kung may photos ba sila nung mismong party.. But none of them has it..

Wait

Hindi ko pa pala natitignan yung kay Benjamin..

I clicked onto his profile.. Hindi ko maiwasang mainis ng nakita ko ang profile picture niya.

Well, if there's anything I'm great at, it is Social media stalking..

I look through his posts and voila!

"Benjamin posted 5 photos- June 15"

"Oh my gosh.."

Yung mga pictures yung nakita ko room ng student council.. At eto rin yung suot ni Rhian sa picture sa box.. Na suot niya hanggang ngayon..